Gerd Jüttemann (7 December 1933 – 28 July 2023) was a German psychologist. He was the originator of the "Komparative Kasuistik" (Comparative Casuistics), a method widely applied in

qualitative psychological research Qualitative psychological research is psychological research that employs qualitative methods. Qualitative research methodologies are oriented towards developing an understanding of the meaning and experience dimensions of human lives and their ...

and in other social sciences within Europe.

Life

Gerd Jüttemann studied psychology at the universities in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

and

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

. In 1974 he was appointed professor at

Technische Universität Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...

, where he taught the disciplines

personality psychology Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals. It aims to show how people are individually different due to psychological forces. Its areas of focus include: * construction of a c ...

clinical psychology Clinical psychology is an integration of social science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and persona ...

, psychodiagnostics and

methodology In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods. However, the term can also refer to the methods themselves or to the philosophical discussion of associated background assumptions. A method is a structured procedure for bri ...

. Jüttemann died on 28 July 2023, at the age of 89.

Scientific work

Jüttemann focuses on biographical research (especially the self determined development of personality, what he calls "autogeny"), historical psychology, personality psychology and

qualitative methods Qualitative research is a type of research that aims to gather and analyse non-numerical (descriptive) data in order to gain an understanding of individuals' social reality, including understanding their attitudes, beliefs, and motivation. This ...

(Comparative Casuistics). He is coeditor of the journals "Journal für Psychologie" and "Psychologie und Geschichte" (Psychology and History) as well as of the book series "Philosophie und Psychologie im Dialog" (Philosophy and Psychology in Dialog, published by

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (V&R) is a scholarly publishing house based in Göttingen, Germany. It was founded in 1735 by (1700-1750) in connection with the establishment of the Georg-August-Universität in the same city. After Abraham Vandenhoec ...

) und "Psychologie und Beruf" (Psychology and Career, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht).

Journal article

* ''Komparative Kasuistik als Strategie Psychologischer Forschung''. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie 29, 1981, S. 101–118. (Foundation of his "Comparative Casuistics").

Books

* Individuelle und soziale Regeln des Handelns. Gerd Jüttemann (Hrsg.). 1991. Asanger-Verlag Kröning. * Individuum und Geschichte. M. Sonntag, G. Jüttemann (Hrsg.). 1993. Asanger-Verlag Kröning. * Persönlichkeitspsychologie. Gerd Jüttemann. 1995. Asanger-Verlag Kröning.

References

External links

Gerd Jüttemann's homepage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juttemann, Gerd 1933 births 2023 deaths German psychologists Academic staff of Technische Universität Berlin People from Oberhausen